Audacity

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About

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Audacity is a free and open-source digital audio editor and recording application software, available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and other Unix-like operating systems.

Version: 2.4.2

Assumptions

This document assumes you are familiar with the use of a Windows Administrator Command Prompt. It also assumes your copy of the PSADT is preconfigured to write logs to C:\ProgramData\Logs.

Obtain Package Source

Traditionally, three components were required for running Audacity for most purposes:

However, the latest Audacity installer now includes LAME, so this will not be required and the above link is for reference only. Bear in mind the uninstall section will look for LAME also, to ensure any legacy installs are removed if a previous version of LAME was installed.

Vendor Configuration for Silent Install

The vendor installer is based on the Inno Setup installer. Configuration options for installation including silent install can be found at jrsoftware.org.


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Suppress Desktop Shortcut

The default silent install of Audacity creates a shortcut on the desktop, which is undesirable in many environments. To stop this happening, a config file can be created by running a manual install using switches from the above list: 

audacity-win-2.4.2.exe /SAVEINF="config.inf"

config.inf

[Setup]
Lang=en
Dir=C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity
Group=(Default)
NoIcons=0
Tasks=

Deploy Info

Audacity 2.4.2
Audacity Team
C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity\audacity.exe

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Audacity_is1
Value: DisplayVersion
DataType: Version
Data: 2.4.2
Operator: Greater than or equal to
32-bit: Yes
SCCM Requirement: None

Deploy-Application.ps1

Please note the script contains Pre-installation logic to detect and uninstall any legacy version it encounters and logs the version number. It achieves this by searching the registry for an array containing the three associated applications as keywords, then methodically running a test for each one, ascertaining it’s Uninstall string, and calling it with the provided silent switches. If the application and version we want is already installed, the install will not proceed.

Relevant extracts from the script are as follows: 

*===============================================
* VARIABLE DECLARATION
*===============================================
Variables: Application
[string]$appVendor = 'Audacity Team'
[string]$appName = 'Audacity'
[string]$appVersion = '2.4.2'
[string]$appArch = 'x86'
[string]$appLang = 'EN'
[string]$appRevision = '01'
[string]$appScriptVersion = '1.0.0'
[string]$appScriptDate = '30/06/2020'
[string]$appScriptAuthor = 'psadt.com'
[string]$Parms = "/VERYSILENT /NORESTART"
*===============================================




##*===============================================
##* PRE-INSTALLATION
##*===============================================

## <Perform Pre-Installation tasks here>

# Remove previous versions if exist
[array]$appInstalls = "*FFmpeg*","*LAME*","*Audacity*"
ForEach ($appInstall in $appInstalls)
	{
	ForEach ($regFolder in $regKeyApplications)
		{
		$appVer = Get-ChildItem -Path $regFolder |
			Get-ItemProperty |
				Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -like $appInstall } |
					Select-Object -Property DisplayName, DisplayVersion, UninstallString
		ForEach ($ver in $appVer)
			{
			If ($ver.UninstallString)
				{
				$appExist = 1
				$appRemove = $ver.DisplayName
				$oldVersion = $ver.DisplayVersion
				$Uninst = $ver.UninstallString

				If ($oldVersion -ne $appVersion)
					{
					# Uninstall
					Write-Log -Message "Uninstalling $appRemove $oldVersion" -LogType 'CMTrace'
					Write-Log -Message "Executing $Uninst $Parms" -LogType 'CMTrace'
					Start-Process $Uninst -ArgumentList $Parms -Wait -PassThru -NoNewWindow -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -WarningAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
					}
				ElseIf ($oldVersion -eq $appVersion)
					{
					Write-Log -Message "$appRemove $appVersion is already installed." -LogType 'CMTrace'
					Exit-Script -ExitCode 0
					}
				}
			}
		}
	If ($appExist -ne 1)
		{Write-Log -Message "No $appName installations detected." -LogType 'CMTrace'}




##*===============================================
##* INSTALLATION 
##*===============================================

## <Perform Installation tasks here>

Execute-Process -Path 'audacity-win-2.4.2.exe' -Parameters "/LOADINF=`"$dirFiles\config.inf`" $Parms" -WindowStyle Hidden
Execute-Process -Path 'ffmpeg-win-2.2.2.exe' -Parameters $Parms -WindowStyle Hidden




##*===============================================
##* UNINSTALLATION
##*===============================================
[string]$installPhase = 'Uninstallation'

## Handle Zero-Config MSI Uninstallations
If ($useDefaultMsi) {
	[hashtable]$ExecuteDefaultMSISplat =  @{ Action = 'Uninstall'; Path = $defaultMsiFile }; If ($defaultMstFile) { $ExecuteDefaultMSISplat.Add('Transform', $defaultMstFile) }
	Execute-MSI @ExecuteDefaultMSISplat
}

# <Perform Uninstallation tasks here>

# Remove any version if exist
[array]$appInstalls = "*FFmpeg*","*LAME*","*Audacity*"
ForEach ($appInstall in $appInstalls)
	{
	[array]$regFolders = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall","HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall"
	ForEach ($regFolder in $regFolders)
		{
		$appVer = Get-ChildItem -Path $regFolder |
			Get-ItemProperty |
				Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -like $appInstall } |
					Select-Object -Property DisplayName, DisplayVersion, UninstallString
		ForEach ($ver in $appVer)
			{
			If ($ver.UninstallString)
				{
				$appExist = 1
				$appRemove = $ver.DisplayName
				$oldVersion = $ver.DisplayVersion
				$Uninst = $ver.UninstallString

				# Uninstall
				Write-Log -Message "Uninstalling $appRemove $oldVersion" -LogType 'CMTrace'
				Write-Log -Message "Executing $Uninst $Parms" -LogType 'CMTrace'
				Start-Process $Uninst -ArgumentList $Parms -Wait -PassThru -NoNewWindow -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -WarningAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
				}
			}
		}
	If ($appExist -ne 1)
		{
		Write-Log -Message "No $appName installations detected." -LogType 'CMTrace'
		Exit-Script -ExitCode 1605
		}

Manual installation | Audacity

audacity-win-2.3.3.exe /SAVEINF="<path>\config.inf"

Audacity01.png

Click OK


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Click Next


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Click Next


Audacity04.png

Click Next


Audacity05.png

Untick Create a Desktop shortcut, click Next


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Click Install


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Monitor install and allow it to finish


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Click Next


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Untick Launch Audacity, click Finish

Manual installation | FFmpeg

ffmpeg-win-2.2.2.exe

Ffmpeg01.png

Click OK


Ffmpeg02.png

Click Next


Ffmpeg03.png

Click Next


Ffmpeg04.png

Click Next


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Click Install


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Click Finish

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